CVE-2017-14054 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

A crafted IVR file causes excessive CPU consumption in FFmpeg due to a missing EOF check, leading to denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2017-14054?

CVE-2017-14054 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, published on 31 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In libavformat/rmdec.c in FFmpeg 3.3.3, a DoS in ivr_read_header() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU consumption. When a crafted IVR file, which claims a large "len" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the first type==4 loop would consume huge CPU resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop.

Weakness: CWE-834

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14054?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14054?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-14054 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14054 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-14054, CLEANSTART-2024-GM86049, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14054, GHSA-gmgc-6878-cwvr.

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